Trim panel assembly



L L A B P A TRIM PANEL ASSEMBLY Original Filed Nov. 18, 1935 ATTOR ya rear pillars 3B and 3'! of the door and the lower cross-frame member 38 are stamped or pressed at the inner faces thereof to provide connected channels or grooves 80 and 8|. The metal at the base of these channels is pierced to provide a suitable number of holes or apertures 82 and 83. In attaching the panel G to the doorframe, the wire framing 11 will lie within the channels 80 and BI which provide sufficient clearance to permit the trim panel to lie flat against the door frame. The lugs 8 will interlock in the lower apertures 83. In this instance, however, the panel is additionally attached to the door frame by means of spring wire fastener elements 85, see Fig. 4. Each fastener element or device comprises a base looped around the wire 11 with the projecting ends of the fastener reversely bent to provide wedge-shaped shoulders 86 and closely spaced terminal ends 81. The fastener devices 85 are slidable along the wire members 11 intermediate the points of attachment 18 thereof. Hence, the apertures 82, cooperating therewith, do not need to be accurately located on the door frame since, in attaching the panel, the devices 85 may be readily adjustable on the wire 11 to register with the apertures 82. The free ends 87 of the fasteners are forced through the apertures 82, compressing the same together, and the parts are locked by means of the shoulders 86 engaging the edges of the apertures, as shown in Fig. 4. It will be understood that the trim panel G is assembled and held in reversely bent or flattened condition and under tension on the door H.

I claim:

1. A trim panel comprising, a relatively stiff backing sheet, spring metal strips extending along edges thereof and bowed to hold the panel normally in bowed condition, and devices adjustably carried by said strips for releasably attaching the same to a body support.

2. A trim panel comprising a fabric covered backing sheet, concealed spring wire members attached to the back face of the sheet, and fastener devices slidingly mounted on said members for releasably attaching the panel to a support, said members being formed to maintain the panel under spring pressure against the face of the support.

3. A trim panel comprising, a fabric covered backing sheet, concealed spring wire members, attached to the back face of the sheet adjacent two or more of its edges, and fastener devices slidingly mounted on said members for releasably attaching the panel to a, support, said members being formed to maintain the panel under spring pressure against the face of the support.

ALBERT P. BALL. 

